Surya Jain

Surya Jain is a boxing reporter at EssentiallySports with roots deeply planted in combat sports. Introduced to martial arts at the age of six by his father, Surya became a national silver medalist in taekwondo and later competed professionally as a boxer. His firsthand experience inside the ring shapes his reporting, allowing him to offer readers an authentic practitioner’s perspective on boxing. Surya’s coverage spans iconic current fighters like Tyson Fury and Floyd Mayweather as well as insightful stories about the challenging post-ring lives of legends such as Mike Tyson. Alongside his sports reporting career, Surya has a strong entrepreneurial and digital marketing background. He co-founded an innovative e-commerce platform aimed at empowering farmers by eliminating middlemen and improving service delivery. As a digital marketer, he leads growth initiatives for healthcare organizations while freelancing to provide digital marketing solutions. Outside of work, Surya is a dedicated MMA fighter, a FIDE-rated chess player, an accomplished swimmer, and an enthusiast of Afro-Latin dances including Salsa, Bachata, and Kizomba, adding creative balance to his life.